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1126287

registered interest
date	13/05/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Internet: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether he has made an assessment of the potential effect on online protections for children and young people of the Internet Engineering Task Force DNS over HTTPS (DOH) protocol; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	253529
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>Whilst we look to support capabilities that seek to deliver security and privacy to the UK online, we are concerned about the potential unintended consequences.</p><p> </p><p>DCMS is working closely with industry, stakeholders and regulators to seek solutions to any potential issues with online protections, as part of our ongoing work to make the UK the safest place in the world to be online.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 16/05/2019 09:34:43 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1093457

registered interest
date	22/03/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Facebook: Data Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when he was notified of the Facebook data breach reported on 21 March 2019 where the passwords of up to 600 million users were made available to Facebook employees.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	235736
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2019 answer text <p>We take the protection of personal data and the right to privacy extremely seriously. The Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA) made our data protection laws fit for the digital age and empowered people to take control of their data.</p><p> </p><p>The DPA and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) introduced a duty on all organisations including social media companies to notify certain types of personal data breaches to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).</p><p> </p><p>Under the GDPR, a company may designate one national regulator in the European Union as its “lead supervisory authority”, so that it does not have to deal with 28 separate regulators. In the case of Facebook, the Irish Data Protection authority takes that role and is therefore leading on this breach.</p><p> </p><p>The ICO is working with its Irish counterpart to ensure that it fulfils its role to protect UK citizens data. This includes establishing the number of UK users affected.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 235746 question first answered 27/03/2019 15:05:27 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1093458

registered interest
date	22/03/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Facebook: Data Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what information his Department holds on the number of UK users affected by the Facebook data breach reported on 21 March 2019 where the passwords of up to 600 million users were made available to Facebook employees.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	235746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2019 answer text <p>We take the protection of personal data and the right to privacy extremely seriously. The Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA) made our data protection laws fit for the digital age and empowered people to take control of their data.</p><p> </p><p>The DPA and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) introduced a duty on all organisations including social media companies to notify certain types of personal data breaches to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).</p><p> </p><p>Under the GDPR, a company may designate one national regulator in the European Union as its “lead supervisory authority”, so that it does not have to deal with 28 separate regulators. In the case of Facebook, the Irish Data Protection authority takes that role and is therefore leading on this breach.</p><p> </p><p>The ICO is working with its Irish counterpart to ensure that it fulfils its role to protect UK citizens data. This includes establishing the number of UK users affected.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 235736 question first answered 27/03/2019 15:05:27 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1127311

registered interest
date	17/05/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Internet: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on the protections for children and young people proposed in the Online Harms White Paper of adopting DNS over HTTPS.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	255664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2019 answer text <p>We recognise the potential for change that DNS over HTTPS introduces and are working with industry to ensure that regulatory needs can be provided for and to seek solutions to any potential issues with online protections.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 22/05/2019 11:00:24 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1077363

registered interest
date	25/02/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Mark Zuckerberg
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when he plans to publish the minutes of his meeting of the week commencing 18 February with Mark Zuckerburg.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	225431
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2019 answer text <p>We discussed a range of issues with a number of companies in the week beginning 18th February. As with all meetings held in my capacity as Secretary of State, full details, including minutes, are kept confidential, to allow full and frank discussions between parties.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright grouped question UIN 225432 226050 question first answered 28/02/2019 15:55:58 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1077364

registered interest
date	25/02/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Mark Zuckerberg
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether he discussed Facebook’s role in UK elections in his meeting of the week commencing 18 February with Mark Zuckerburg.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	225432
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2019 answer text <p>We discussed a range of issues with a number of companies in the week beginning 18th February. As with all meetings held in my capacity as Secretary of State, full details, including minutes, are kept confidential, to allow full and frank discussions between parties.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright grouped question UIN 225431 226050 question first answered 28/02/2019 15:55:58 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1127312

registered interest
date	17/05/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Internet: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the number of people whose online parental controls could be affected by the adoption of DNS over HTTPS.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	255665
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2019 answer text <p>We are aware that the adoption of DNS over HTTPS could impact online parental controls. We are working with industry with industry to understand both their plans for the implementation of DNS over HTTPS, and for solutions to maintain online parental controls.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 22/05/2019 11:01:37 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1141876

registered interest
date	24/07/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Internet: Cryptography
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2019 to Question 261159 on Internet: Cryptography, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to ensure that the switch to DNS from HTTP protocol does not weaken (a) existing child online safety provisions and (b) ISP blocking.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	281658
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>We are aware of ongoing developments relating to the DNS and HTTPS protocol and are working with industry and other relevant stakeholders to address any unintended consequences. Work to understand the potential implications on existing child online safety protections, in particular the effect on existing ISP blocking, is ongoing and we are committed to ensuring that online protections are maintained. Officials are advising Ministers on any necessary mitigation actions as this work progresses.</p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 03/09/2019 12:32:22 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1079453

registered interest
date	28/02/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Incentives
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to his Department's Gender Pay Gap Report 2018, for what reasons at Grade A 32.26 per cent of men received bonuses compared to 18.75 per cent of women.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	227060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>To clarify, the figures specified in this question relate to the percentages of men and women at Grade A(U) who received end of year bonuses and does not include data relating to in-year bonuses. At Grade A (which has nearly 5 times as many staff members than grade A(U)), 14.84% of men received end of year bonuses compared to 18.06% of women.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Grade A(U) is the smallest of the delegated grades (other than grade D). A total of 16 individuals, out of 63, within this grade were granted end of year bonuses and so the overall percentage of staff receiving end of year awards at this grade is easily skewed due to the small sample size.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Across the department as a whole, the percentages of men and women receiving end of year awards were very similar (15.1% of men and 15.5% of women).</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 05/03/2019 15:03:36 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1109063

registered interest
date	02/04/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Gaming Machines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what actions his Department will take in response to the emergence of new high-stakes roulette-style games in betting shops following the stake reduction for Category B2 gaming machines.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	239917
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>The roulette-style products launched on 1 April by two high-street bookmakers were withdrawn the following day after a warning from the Gambling Commission. The Commission is continuing to investigate the circumstances and the operators could still face regulatory action. The Commission may also investigate key senior staff at bookmakers who are responsible for bringing those products to market.</p><p> </p><p>The Government and the Gambling Commission expect industry to comply with both the spirit and the letter of the new regulations to ensure that consumers continue to be protected from harm.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 08/04/2019 16:23:52 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest